Session 2 of 13 · Questions 7 to 12
Is Jesus God?
The Nicene Creed on the Son
The Nicene Creed explains why Christians confess Jesus Christ as fully God and fully human.
The Nicene Creed explains why Christians confess Jesus Christ as fully God and fully human.
Questions 7 to 12 explore Jesus as Lord and the only Son of God, what begotten rather than made means, and why the creed says he is of one Being with the Father. Learn what the incarnation means, why Christians confess the Virgin Birth, and how Jesus's divine and human natures belong to one person. The lesson follows the biblical passages behind these beliefs and explains the disputes involving Arius, the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, and the Definition of Chalcedon in 451 AD. Church history helps explain the wording that Christians still use to confess who Jesus is.